noun
hierosolumas
Strong’sG2414
Jerusalem
stem hierosolum-63 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 16 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Jerusalem, the name of the city 124, of Hebrew origin 2. In the Greek text this name appears in two forms, the one used here and an indeclinable form Hierousalēm, both representing the same Hebrew city-name 1. Strong's identifies it as the capital of Palestine 2. By extension, the name is also used for the city's inhabitants rather than the place itself 1.
The name is also used symbolically, contrasting the present, earthly city with a heavenly or "new" Jerusalem — spoken of as the city "above," as "heavenly," or as "new" — representing a spiritual counterpart to the literal city 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἱεροσόλυμα (WH, Ἰερ-, v. Intr., § 408), -ων, τά (on πᾶσα Ἱ., Mt 2:3, v. WM, 794; M, Pr., 48, 244; Thayer, s.v.), and Ἱερουσαλήμ (WH, Ἰερ-), ἡ., indecl., as always in LXX exc. some parts of Apocr. (Heb. יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, יְרוּשָׁלֵם), the former always in FlJ, Mk, Jo ev. and Mt (exc. Mt 27:37), and most freq. in Lk, the latter always in He, Re, and by St. Paul (exc. Ga 1:17, 18 2:1),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2414 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhee-er-os-ol'-oo-mah
Hierosolyma (i.e. Jerushalaim), the capitol of Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesJerusalem.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Jerusalem:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | feminine singular | neuter singular | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hierosolumas1×Ἱεροσόλυμα | hierosolumem | hierosolumais | hierosolumeim37×Ἱεροσόλυμα |
| object accusative | hierosoluman | hierosolumain | ||
| direct address vocative | hierosolumar | hierosolumair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hierosolumau | hierosolumeu | hierosolumaiu | hierosolumeiu11×Ἱεροσολύμων |
| to, for dative | hierosoluma | hierosolume | hierosolumai | hierosolumei14×Ἱεροσολύμοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hierosolum is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
63 occurrences, every one of them listed
hierosolumas“Jerusalem”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 2:3… tos basilevos Hērōdos tarassita kai pantas Hierosolumas meta autou,… this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
hierosolumeim“Jerusalem”subject or objectdirect plural37×
Matthew 2:1… idou magois apo anatolaiu paragenela eis Hierosolumeim… Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
Matthew 5:35… atō toiu podoiu autou; mēte eis Hierosolumeim, hoti polas atō tou megou basilevou;… it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of …
Matthew 16:21… mathētoi autou hoti datō auton eis Hierosolumeim aperchara kai polleim paschara apo toiu …… disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the …
Matthew 20:17Kai anabainarōntos tos Iēsus eis Hierosolumeim paralabata toin dōdeka mathētoin kata idian, …As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside …
Matthew 20:18Idou anabainanō eis Hierosolumeim, kai tos huios tou anthrōpou paradōiti …“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will …
Matthew 21:1Kai hote engizala eis Hierosolumeim kai erchala eis Bēthfagē eis tem …As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the …
Matthew 21:10kai eisercharantou autou eis Hierosolumeim seiita pantas tas polas legarōntas; Tinos …When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and …
Mark 10:32… de en ta hoda anabainarōntois eis Hierosolumeim, kai ate proagarōntos autoin tos Iēsus, …… were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them …
Mark 10:33hoti Idou anabainanō eis Hierosolumeim, kai tos huios tou anthrōpou paradōiti …“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will …
Mark 11:1Kai hote engizalō eis Hierosolumeim eis Bēthfagē kai Bēthanian pros tem …As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany …
Mark 11:11Kai eiserchata eis Hierosolumeim eis tem hierem; kai peribleperantos panteim …Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts …
Mark 11:15Kai ercholō eis Hierosolumeim. kai eisercharantos eis tem hierem archeta …When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and …
Mark 11:27Kai ercholō palin eis Hierosolumeim. kai en te hiere peripatarōntou autou …After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple …
Mark 15:41… allosais pollais tais sunanabainarantais auto eis Hierosolumeim.… women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
Luke 2:22… ton nomon Mōusou, anagala auton eis Hierosolumeim parastēara to kurio,… complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
Luke 13:22… kōmain didaskarōntos kai poreian poiorōntos eis Hierosolumeim.… as He made His way toward Jerusalem.
Luke 19:28… legarantos houteim poreuote emprosthen anabainarōntos eis Hierosolumeim.… went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
John 2:13… pascha toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainata eis Hierosolumeim tos Iēsus.… was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1… toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainata Iēsus eis Hierosolumeim.… Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 11:55… toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainala pollois eis Hierosolumeim ek tau chōrau pro teu pascha …… went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
John 12:12… akouarantois hoti erchotō tos Iēsus eis Hierosolumeim,… heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
Acts 8:25… ton logon tou kuriou hupostrefale eis Hierosolumeim, pollain tē kōmain toiu Samaritoiu euangelizole.… of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of …
Acts 13:13… de apochōrarantos apo autoiu hupostrefata eis Hierosolumeim.… John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Acts 15:4paragenerantois de eis Hierosolumeim paradechila apo tau ekklēsau kai toiu …On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church …
Acts 19:21… tan Makedonian kai Achaian poreuorō eis Hierosolumeim, legarantos hoti Meta tem genera min …… in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After …
Acts 20:16… tan hēmeran tau pentēkostau genera eis Hierosolumeim.… was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of …
Acts 21:4… dia teu pneumeu mē epibainarō eis Hierosolumeim.… Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:15… tain hēmerain houtain episkeuazerantois anabainane eis Hierosolumeim;… packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:17Generantoiu de nu eis Hierosolumeim asmenōs apodechela nin tois adelfois.When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
Acts 25:1… eparcheia meta treis hēmerain anabainata eis Hierosolumeim apo Kaisareiau,… Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
Acts 25:9… apokrinirantos to Paulo legata; Thelasō eis Hierosolumeim anabainarantos ekei peri houteiu krinira epi …… you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on …
Acts 25:15peri hou generantou mu eis Hierosolumeim emfanizala tois archierevois kai tois presbuterois …While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of …
Acts 25:20… zētēsian legame ei boulotoiō poreuorō eis Hierosolumeim kakei krinorō peri houteiu.… he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these …
Galatians 1:17oude anerchama eis Hierosolumeim pros toin pro mu apostoloin, alla …nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before …
Galatians 1:18Epeita meta eteim treis anerchama eis Hierosolumeim historara Kēfon, kai epimenama pros auton …… years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I …
Galatians 2:1… dia dekatessares eteiu palin anabainama eis Hierosolumeim meta Barnabou sumparalabarantos kai Titon;… later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus …
Matthew 3:5tote ekporeuote pros auton Hierosolumeim kai pantas tas Ioudaias kai pantas …People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole …
hierosolumeiu“Jerusalem”of, belonging togenitive plural11×
Matthew 4:25… apo tau Galilaiau kai Dekapoliau kai Hierosolumeiu kai Ioudaiau kai peran tou Iordanou.… having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Matthew 15:1Tote prosercholō to Iēso apo Hierosolumeiu Farisaiois kai grammatevois legarōntois… and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
Mark 3:8kai apo Hierosolumeiu kai apo tau Idoumaiau kai peran …Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan …
Mark 3:22kai tois grammatevois tois apo Hierosolumeiu katabainarantois legale hoti Beelzeboul echatō kai …… scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by …
Mark 7:1… kai tinois toiu grammatevoiu ercharantois apo Hierosolumeiu… the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
John 1:19… Iōannou hote apostelala tois Ioudaiois ek Hierosolumeiu hierevoin kai Leuitoin hina erōtaleia auton; …… John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask …
John 11:18ate de tas Bēthanias engus teiu Hierosolumeiu hōs apo stadioiu dekapente.Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles …
Acts 1:4kai sunalizorōntos parangelata autoi apo Hierosolumeiu mē chōrizorō, alla perimenarō tan epangelian …… He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the …
Acts 11:27… houtai de tai hēmerai katerchala apo Hierosolumeiu profētois eis Antiocheian;… days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 25:7… de autou peristēala auton tois apo Hierosolumeiu katabainarēntois Ioudaiois, polleim kai barueim aitiōmeim …… Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious …
Acts 28:17… tei ethei tei patrōei desmios ek Hierosolumeiu paradōima eis tain cheirain toiu Rōmaioiu,… fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
hierosolumei“Jerusalem”to, fordative plural14×
Luke 23:7… pros Hērōdon, arōnton kai auton en Hierosolumei en houtai tai hēmerai.… to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
John 2:23Hōs de ate en tei Hierosolumei en te pascha en ta heorta, …While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people …
John 4:20… proskunala; kai vis legavō hoti en Hierosolumei atō tos topos hopou proskunarō datō.… where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
John 4:21… en te ore houte oute en Hierosolumei proskunavi to patro.… neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
John 4:45… Galilaiois, panteim horarēntois hoseim poiata en Hierosolumei en ta heorta, kai autois gar …… great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had …
John 5:2atō de en tei Hierosolumei epi ta probatika kolumbēthras tas epilegorōntas …Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool …
John 10:22Geneta tote teim enkainieim en tei Hierosolumei; cheimōnos ate,… Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
Acts 8:1… megos epi tan ekklēsan tan en Hierosolumei; pantois de diasparila kata tain chōrain …… broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were …
Acts 8:14Akouarantois de tois en Hierosolumei apostolois hoti dechotē tas Samareias ton …When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the …
Acts 16:4… toiu apostoloiu kai presbuteroiu toiu en Hierosolumei.… by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
Acts 25:24… toiu Ioudaioiu entunchanala mi en tē Hierosolumei kai enthade, boarōntois mē darō auton …… about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not …
Acts 26:4… en te ethne mu en tē Hierosolumei oidalē pantois Ioudaiois,… my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
Acts 26:10hem kai poiama en Hierosolumei, kai polloin tē toiu hagioiu mis …… that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests …
Acts 26:20… toi en Damaska prōtem tē kai Hierosolumei, pantan tē tan chōran tau Ioudaiau, …First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region …